The Iowa Department of Education reports four-year graduations rates for the class of 2021 dropped slightly in the wake of the pandemic. The Department’s Information Bureau Chief, Jeff Pennington, says two factors impacted the numbers. […]
The pandemic wasn’t just lethal to many Iowans who caught COVID-19, but it’s also feared to be part of what’s driving up Iowa’s cancer death rate. Many people have put off regular screenings in the […]
The Iowa House has approved a bill that would require testing for radon gas in Iowa schools. The legislation is named in honor of Gail Orcutt, a retired teacher who worked in Waterloo, Norwalk and […]
A Mason City man who was reported missing has been found dead. Mason City police late last month had said they were looking for 38-year-old Travis Kummer, who had been reported missing to police on […]
Six teenagers are now charged in Monday’s shootings outside Des Moines East High School that left one boy dead and two young women hurt. Investigators say shots were fired by multiple shooters from multiple vehicles. […]
This will be the Sunday to “spring ahead” for Daylight Saving Time and a legislator who’s a vocal critic of flipping the clock twice a year has won another round of voting in the Iowa […]
The Roland-Story Norsemen boys basketball team made the trip to Des Moines on Monday night, to take on the Pella Christian Eagles in the 1st round of the Class 2A State Tournament at Wells Fargo […]
The U.S. Department of Labor says it has recovered unpaid wages for workers at a Sioux City meat processing plant. The Labor Department says their investigation found the Seaboard Triumph Foods pork processing failed to […]
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican, is partnering with a Georgia Senator who’s a Democrat to seek more permanent funding for a government program that trains dogs to detect animal diseases. “They use some of […]
A legislative committee has voted to temporarily delay implementing a new state rule governing the care of livestock after major Iowa farm groups objected. The rule was originally scheduled to go into effect April 1. […]
The experts now say at least four tornadoes touched down in southern Iowa late Saturday afternoon, claiming seven lives and damaging or destroying more than 50 homes. Meteorologist Chad Hahn, at the National Weather Service, […]
The Iowa House has unanimously voted to expand a law adopted two decades ago after a 17 year old who hid her pregnancy killed her baby. The current “Safe Haven Law” allows a parent to […]
Monday marks the first track meet of the 2022 Iowa High School track calendar as UNI hosts the annual Dickinson Relays at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls. Two KQ-area schools will send athletes to […]
The Roland-Story Norsemen boys basketball team begin their quest for a State Championship on Monday night, when they take on the Eagles of Pella Christian in the first round of the State Tournament at Wells […]
The Triton Tour is coming to Eagle Grove on Tuesday,March 8. The tour sponsored by the Iowa Central Community College is designed to meet with potential students, answering questions regarding class enrollment, financial aid, scholarships […]
The March meeting of the South Hamilton Community School Board will be at 6 this evening at the middle school/high school board room in Jewell. Tonight’s meeting will include a discussion on the disposition of […]
Dordt University in Sioux Center is announcing a $90-million capital campaign for a series of projects on the northwest Iowa campus. John Baas, Dordt’s vice president of advancement, calls the ambitious effort a “comprehensive” capital […]
There’s growing, bipartisan support in congress for ending U.S. imports of Russian oil. “The United States, plain and simple, should not be purchasing any oil from Russia while Putin’s actively — illegally — invading a […]
The Iowa Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed on behalf of a man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia who was convicted of a sex crime. Dantreon Newman was arrested in Des Moines in […]
Tonight’s season premiere of CBS-TV’s “Undercover Boss” will feature a central Iowa woman unknowingly training — and gently correcting — her boss’ boss’ boss. Alina Winters of Des Moines will be seen instructing the disguised […]
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